We had an absolutely overwhelming response to our Glorious Richmond painting competition, with hundreds of stunning entries pouring in from a plethora of talented artists across the borough. After a lengthy consideration of all the entries received, our panel of judges – including the world-renowned artist Ken Howard OBE, RA – picked John Walsom's Richmond Riverside painting as the winner.

The decision was revealed at our 20th birthday celebration in the gorgeous private function room of Royal Mid Surrey Golf Club on June 20, where John Walsom was presented with his £1000 prize by the Mayor of Richmond, Ben Khosa, and Knight Frank's Luke Ellwood. Richmond Riverside will also be used as the front cover of the July Richmond and Barnes Magazines, allowing 38,000 households in the borough to enjoy Mr Walsom's fabulous work of art. In addition to the winner, the judges were so impressed by the standard of artwork that they decided to declare Nadia Day’s Glorious View and Michael Hart’s Summer by the River as the competition’s joint runners-up.

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone involved: to Royal Mid Surrey Golf Club for offering up the use of its excellent facilities and putting on such a fine spread of food and drink; to Knight Frank for kindly sponsoring the competition and providing the £1000 prize; to the Mayor of Richmond and Knight Frank's Luke Ellwood for agreeing to present the award; to Ruth McCann, Ken Howard OBE, RA, Luke Ellwood, Carol Cordrey and Paul Crowe for their fine work organising and judging the competition; to our guests for making the evening such tremendous fun; to all of the many local businesses that have advertised over the years; but most of all, to our wonderful readers who have taken The Richmond Magazine in to their hearts and homes for twenty years, helping us grow from a single publication to the largest independent publisher of luxury lifestyle magazines in Surrey, SW London and Berkshire.